Fix Those Long GC Cycles

Read: Little-known real-time standard impacts broad span of Java applications

Something that implements it: JamaicaVM

No word if this virtual machine has a bobsled team.

I Am Not a Hacker, But I Wholeheartedly Approve of Them

Hackers build things, as in "I hacked together a program to search our web pages for outdated links." Crackers break things, as in "I cracked their web server and defaced it." Please do not use the the word 'hacker' when you mean 'cracker'.

I am not a hacker, because it is an honorary term, and I haven't earned it.

More on "What Is a Hacker?"

Here is the Hacker Emblem: 

Amazing Matchbox Survival Kit!

If You told Me I'd be Fascinated by an Altoids Survival Kit, I Would Have Thought You Were Crazy

Aspect Oriented Programming in Perl

Aspect - search.cpan.org

Object Orientation Considered Harmful

Stevey's Blog Rants: Execution in the Kingdom of Nouns

prototypes vs classes was: Re: Sun's HotSpot

Promoting Perl...

...via PRForge.com.

An interview with one of my favorite world changers...

... namely Larry Wall.